Specialty
Constant Worry & Chronic Anxiety Therapy
When worry follows you through the day
Some anxiety has an obvious trigger. Yours may not. The worry simply moves from topic to topic, work, health, money, the people you love, and settles wherever it can find a foothold. Even when one concern resolves, another takes its place. *
People who live with chronic worry often describe feeling unable to relax even when everything is objectively fine. Your body stays tense, your sleep suffers, and your mind rehearses worst-case scenarios you know are unlikely but cannot dismiss. *
It is easy to conclude that this is just your personality, that you are simply a worrier. But constant worry is a pattern your mind and nervous system learned, and patterns can change. With the right support, your baseline can genuinely shift toward calm. *
Signs constant worry & chronic anxiety may be affecting your life
- Your mind jumps to the worst-case scenario, even about small things
- You find it hard to stop worrying once you start
- You feel tense, restless, or on edge for much of the day
- You struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep because your mind will not quiet down
- You seek reassurance from others but the relief never lasts long
- You have physical symptoms like a tight chest, clenched jaw, or knotted stomach
- You mentally rehearse conversations and decisions again and again
- You feel exhausted by your own thinking
- You avoid making decisions because every option carries risk
- You cannot remember the last time you felt fully relaxed
Our approach to constant worry & chronic anxiety
Chronic worry usually persists because it feels productive. Somewhere along the way, your mind learned that scanning for danger keeps you safe, and your nervous system followed suit. Treatment addresses both halves of that pattern, the thinking habit and the physical state of alert underneath it. *
We tailor the work to you rather than running a standard protocol. That may mean traditional psychotherapy to understand what drives the worry, clinical hypnosis to teach your system what genuine calm feels like, somatic and experiential work to release long-held tension, or EMDR when your anxiety traces back to specific past experiences. Often it is a deliberate sequence of several. *
The goal is not to manage worry a little better. It is meaningful, lasting change, a mind that can encounter uncertainty without spiraling, and a body that knows how to rest. *
Clinicians who specialize in constant worry & chronic anxiety
ACT · EMDR · Hypnosis
Dr. Faiwiszewski works extensively with constant worry and the physical tension that comes with it. She helps clients understand what keeps the worry cycle running and uses a range of evidence-based approaches to quiet both the anxious mind and the anxious body. *
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EMDR · Hypnosis · Psychodynamic
Dr. Zala has particular strength with chronic worry, especially when it connects to earlier life experiences or plays out in close relationships. She helps clients trace the roots of their anxiety rather than only managing its surface. *
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Therapy approaches that may help
We integrate these techniques, custom-tailored to you, in the order your nervous system can use first.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I know if my worrying is a real problem?
- A useful measure is cost, not content. If worry is affecting your sleep, your body, your decisions, or your ability to be present, it is worth addressing, regardless of whether the individual worries sound reasonable. *
- Can constant worry cause physical symptoms?
- Yes. Ongoing anxiety keeps the body in a state of alert, which commonly shows up as muscle tension, headaches, stomach issues, fatigue, and disrupted sleep. These symptoms are real, and they often ease as the underlying anxiety is treated. *
- I have always been a worrier. Can therapy really change that?
- Long-standing patterns can feel like personality, but chronic worry is a learned response, and learned responses can change. Many people who have worried for decades experience a real shift in their baseline with the right treatment. *
- What treatment approaches help with chronic worry?
- We combine traditional psychotherapy with approaches that reach the nervous system directly, including clinical hypnosis, somatic and experiential therapy, and EMDR when anxiety is rooted in past experiences. Your psychologist tailors the mix and the sequence to you. *
- How long does treatment take?
- It varies with how long the pattern has been in place and what sits underneath it. Many people notice early relief within weeks, while deeper change in the worry pattern itself typically builds over months of consistent work. *
- What if I worry about therapy itself?
- That is common, and it is welcome material rather than a barrier. A free consultation call is a low-pressure way to ask questions and get a feel for whether the fit is right before committing to anything. *
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